He did say that in his first video, but came out with a more reflective video which you probably saw.
Regardless, the fact he’s dealing with such fall out over an opinion in an industry he’s active in and getting ousted is dumb. Everyone is losing their minds over this but like everything people will move on to something else in a month.
Basically he is not happy with the wording of the initiative. He had a 10 minute follow up video after he had a knee jerk reaction and went to into personal attacks against the guy that thought of the movement.
I’m going to get to roasted for this but watching his video I see what he’s worried about. I agree that this industry has scummy practices but this bill is going to be a monkeys paw scenario.
I would love for this bill to go through in a perfect world but as of now companies are doing layoffs and closing and adding in more red tap and financial burden will mean more projects will be cancelled or won’t be released in certain areas because it’s not going to be financially
I’m open to have my mind changed as I don’t have any insight on what happens behind the scenes in these operations but I think people looked at a PowerPoint that said “gamers are getting fucked over” (which is true when live service games close) and signed something that COULD make studios rally around their legal team and financial departments to make things worse.
Pirate also didn’t do himself favors by being not media trained and careful with his words but now he’s dealing with SWATing, death threats, harassment, and losing his job over an opinion that’s honestly from a perspective of someone that has worked in that industry for a long while vs a community know for being miserable and ready with pitchforks over stupid shit.
This reeks of a honey pot scheme for some reason.
This is why I hate this community right here. I answered the person’s question and gave him what pirates view point was while calling out these gaming corporations and explained what they will probably do if a bill like this passes and your take away is I am “felationing” (not a word) game companies.
Just droves of window lickers like you infest this space and any nuanced conversations get lost.